TALINN (Reuters) - The Kurdish PYD has agreed to the passage of 1,300 Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters to the border town of Kobani, which has been besieged by Islamic State for more than a month, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.
The PYD controls Kobani, and its fighters have been battling Islamic State with the help of air-strikes carried out by U.S.-led coalition warplanes.
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